KPO

The name of the engineer and the location is unknown, but this photo was probably taken at 111 Sutter Street in the mid to late 1930s, judging from the equipment in use. The “VU” meter […]

The radio transmitter room of KPO in Hale’s Department Store is shown. In the foreground at right is the station’s Western Electric 1,000-watt transmitter. In the background are the marble-faced electrical control panels, which were […]

The KPO antenna was a “T” type, four wires spread six feet apart, and 114 feet in length. It was supported by two 125-foot tall towers which had been erected by the Pacific Coast Steel […]

The transmitter room of KPO was located on the sixth floor of the Hale Brothers Department Store. On the operator’s desk is a radio receiver which was used to listen for distress calls from sea […]

Lyle Tucker was host of the late afternoon “Big Brother Club” children’s program on KPO in 1925. Here he is shown in front of the microphone in KPO’s Studio “B.” After a year, he left […]